Luxury items require careful handling, but not everyone treats them with the level of caution those items deserve.

When one high-end briefcase owner showed off their new treasure to a friend at a coffee shop, disaster soon struck.

And the ensuing chaos left a stain on more than just the leather.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for asking my friend to pay for the damage to my expensive leather bag?

So, I own a high-end leather briefcase that I saved up for months to buy.

It’s an $1,800 briefcase, and it was a gift I made to myself after saving money for over a year.

I’ve always been super careful with it.

A few days ago, I was hanging out with my friend, and he asked to see it.

And that’s when disaster struck.

I handed it over, and while he was looking at it, he accidentally spilled a full cup of coffee on it.

I immediately tried to wipe it off, but the coffee soaked into the leather and left a huge stain.

I was devastated.

This bag cost me $1,800, and I’ve only had it for a few months.

They tried their best to repair it, but it would come at a cost.

I took it to a professional cleaner, and they said it’ll cost around $300 to remove the stain, but there’s no guarantee the stain will completely come out.

I told my friend I was upset and asked if he’d be willing to help cover the cost of repairs.

The friend wasn’t wild about this idea at all.

He apologized but said it was just an accident and that I shouldn’t expect him to pay for something so expensive.

I get that accidents happen, but this feels like a big deal to me.

I offered to split the cost, but he refused, saying it’s not his responsibility.

But they think he has a responsibility to at least chip in a little.

I feel like he should at least contribute something, but now he’s acting like I’m being unreasonable.

So, AITA for asking my friend to pay for the damage to my bag?

A cup of coffee was easy to replace, but this expensive leather certainly wasn’t.

What did Reddit have to say?

This friend thinks it’s more than reasonable to expect the friend to chip in.

The friend should have known it was his responsibility to at least offer.

His refusal to help actually speaks volume about his character.

But on the contrary, this commenter thinks it’s irresponsible to be walking around with a briefcase so valuable that’s also unprotected.

Some stains don’t come out, and neither does the feeling of being left to deal with someone else’s mess.

A true friend wouldn’t let their mistake become someone else’s burden.

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